**Employment Type**: Temporary Various up until 01/02/2026
**Remuneration**: - $89,095.00 - $**139,187.00**
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23625
**Appl**ication Close Date**:14, November 2024**
**Cardiology - Unaccredited Trainee - Liverpool Hospital, SWSLHD**
**About The Opportunity**
Liverpool Hospital is recruiting for an Unaccredited Cardiology to complement and enhance the current Cardiology Department.
Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.
**Where You'll Be Working**
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the University of NSW and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
**Salary Packaging**
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
**Workplace Giving Program**
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees also have the opportunity to make a difference to help those less fortunate. Visit the Workplace Giving Program for more information.
**What you'll be doing**
The primary purpose of the Cardiology Imaging Fellow is to provide research and clinical services within Cardiology
**What you'll be doing**
The Unaccredited Trainee will provide effective clinical management of patients, working under the supervision of Specialist Cardiologists to care for patients presenting or referred with potential cardiac disease, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The role includes patient assessment, making treatment decisions, performing procedures, maintaining adequate medical records, organising and interpreting appropriate investigations.
The Unaccredited Trainee will medically manage conditions such as acute and chronic coronary disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease including endocarditis, and hypertension, with initial management of arrhythmias and pericardial disease, basic adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, and prevention of heart disease; and undertake supervised general medical management of patients admitted to the Cardiology department.
The Unaccredited Trainee will undertake dedicated terms for procedures including coronary angiography, echocardiography, electrophysiology and other procedural and clinical aspects relevant to Cardiology. Networked positions may include rural, regional or outer metropolitan rotations.
The doctor is a key person who works closely with all members of staff and must:
Work as part of, and contribute to a multi-disciplinary team.
Deal with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature.
Must have the ability to exercise discretion, sensitivity and maintain confidentiality.
Work co-operatively within a team environment and actively contribute to team activities including pro-actively participating in team meetings and decision making processes.
The Unaccredited Trainee will be expected to make independent decisions on patient care. They will duly consult with the responsible consultant Cardiologist in a timely manner, according to the clinical urgency.
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrates commitment to ongoing education, excellent theoretical knowledge and clinical judgement, research and teaching in Cardiology with a commitment to continuous quality improvement.
- Demonstrates ability to provide empathetic and expert clinical care
- Demonstrates ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team - diligence, punctuality, organization, record keeping, time management, problem solving skills, team work.
- Demonstrates excellent communication (verbal and written) with patients, their families, medical and non-med